Clementine drossy



Patented June 6, I899. C. TROSSY, FEMME GRANETIAS.

SHOTGUN CONVERTER.

(Application filed Sept. 12, 1896.) (N0 ModeI.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLEMENTINE TROSSY, FEMME GRANETIAS, OF OLERMONT-FERRAND,

FRANCE.

SHOTGUN-CONVERT ER.

SYECIFIOATIGN forming art of Letters Pateilt No. 626,351, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed Se tember 12, 1896. Serial No. 605,679. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLEMENTINE TROSSY, femme GRANETIAS, of the French Republic, and a resident of Olermont-Ferrand, in the Department of Puy de Dome, France, have made certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Shotgun-Converters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to provide an auxiliary tube or casing adapted to carry a plurality of cartridges and adapted also to be placed in the barrel of a sporting or other gun to convert the same into an arm of greater carrying power, the said tube having a plurality of bores, one for each charge, which are rifled.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 1 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the tube to hold the cartridges or charge is shown at A, having a bead a at its rear end, which lodges in a corresponding groove in the breech of the gun when the tube is in place. The enlarged part a of the tube fits in the breech, and the part a of smaller cross-section extends into the barrel.

B indicates the. plurality of rifled bores in the tube or shell, and 0 represents the cartridges forming the charge, one in each bore in the chambers B thereof. The shells G of the cartridges are of substantially ordinary form, excepting that each is perforated at 0 instead of having a primer at this point.

The various bores B open into an enlarged chamber D, and into this is fitted the end or closure E, which is formed of a shell E and a base or filling of cardboard E, there being a space G between the filling and shell opening into a space D between the closure and the rear ends of all the cartridges.

The closure or end E is provided with a central primer F, and when this is fired it fires all of the cartridges 0, as the fire is free to reach all of the openings 0 of the cartridges through the space D. Further, the gases produced are free to reach the space G, and this forces the shell of the closure tightly against the wall of the tube or shell. The shell E of the closure is provided With a rim E which engaging a shoulder on the tube limits the position of the closure-shell in wardly.

I claim-- An auxiliary tube or casing for insertion into a gun-barrel, and provided with a plurality of bores, each adapted to receive a separate cartridge, and all communicating with an enlarged breech-chamber, said chamber having a shoulder to engage an independent primer-holding closure, the closure being provided with a cardboard-filling of less diameter than the closure, said shoulder preventing the forward movement of the closure, and thereby maintaining a spaced interval between it and the rear of the cartridges.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

CLEMENTINE TROSSY, FEMME GRANETIAS.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK E. HYDE, MARIUS VACHORY. 

